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BY-LAWS OF THE CORPORATION 



OF THE 



MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OE TECHNOLOaY. 



Sect. I. — Of Members. 

1. To remove all doubt or ambiguity concerning the 
present constitution of the Corporation, it is hereby declared, 
that those only are members of the Corporation who were 
members of the Government of the Institute on the 20th 
day of March, 1869, when the last act in relation to 
the Institute was passed by the Legislature, and those who 
have since been elected members of the Government in pur- 
suance of the former By-Laws of the Corporation. 

2. No new members shall be elected till the number of 
members of the Corporation is reduced below thirty-six; ex- 
clusive of the President, Secretary and Treasurer, and 
those who are ex offieiis members ; and thereafter the mem- 
bers of the Corporation shall not exceed thirty-six in 
number. 

3. Whenever vacancies shall occur by the death, resigna- 
tion or removal of those who are now members of the Cor- 
poration, or who shall have become such, in pursuance of the 
By-Laws, such vacancies shall be filled by election by the re- 
maining members as hereinafter provided. 



4. ^Members of the Corporation shall hereafter be elected 
by ballot. No election for members shall be held unless 
notice shall have been inserted in the notifications of the 
meeting, that a vacancy in the Corporation is to be filled. 

5. No person shall be deemed to be duly elected who 
does not receive the votes of a majority of all the members 
of the Corporation. 

6. Any member of the Corporation may be removed by 
the votes of a majority of all the members of the Corporation 
at a meeting called for the purpose. No such removal shall 

j be made unless notice of the object of the meeting is inserted 

in the notifications by which the meeting is called. 



Sect. II. — Of Meetings. 

7. Stated meetings of the Corporation shall be held on the 
second Wednesday of October, December, February, April 
and May. The May meeting shall be the annual meeting, 
and shall be held at the Institute. 

8. Special meetings of the Corporation may be called when- 
ever the President may think it expedient, or on a written 
request signed by six members of the Corporation and pre- 
sented to the Secretary. 

9. Notices of meetings of the (corporation shall in all cases 
be given by written or printed notifications, addressed to each 
member and transmitted to him through the Post Office or 
otherwise, at least three days before the day named for the 
meeting. 

10. Twelve members shall constitute a quorum for the 
transaction of business, except in cases where a different 
provision is made by the By-Laws. 



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Sect. III. — Organization and Powers. 

11. To cany out the plan of organization developed by 
Prof. W. B. Rogers in a report entitled "Objects and Plan 
of an Institute of Technology," adopted Oct. 5th, 1860, and 
afterwards, April 10th, 1861, embodied in the Act of Incor- 
poration, the Institute shall consist of three departments, 
viz. : — 

First. A School of Industrial Science, In which regular 
courses of instniction shall be given to pupils, by lectures, 
recitations, laboratory work, and other approved methods of 
teaching in the various applied sciences. In the modern lan- 
guages and literature, in the arts of drawing and design, and 
in such other branches of learning as may hereafter be desig- 
nated by the Corporation. 

Second. A Museum of Technology, embracing materials, 
models, implements, machinery, and products of all the prac- 
tical arts and sciences. 

Third. A Society of Arts, for the advancement of the in- 
dustrial arts and sciences, and the diffusion of useful facts and 
discoveries relating to them by means of researches, essays, 
discussions and publications. 

12. All the power and authority vested in the Corpor- 
ation under the laws of the Commonwealth shall be exercised 
only under and by virtue of votes passed at meetings of the 
Corporation duly called, except where a special delegation of 
power or authority is conferred by the By-Laws. 



Sect. IV. — Of OFricERS and Standing Committees ; 
THEIR Election and Duties. 

13. The officers of the Institute shall be a President, Sec- 
retary and Treasurer, all of whom shall be ex officiis mem- 
bers of the Corporation. The President and Secretary 
shall be chosen by ballot at a meeting called for that pur- 
pose, and shall hold office until they resign or are removed, 
but no such removal shall be made unless notice of the object 
of the meeting is inserted in the notifications by which the 
meeting is called. 

A majority of the votes of all the members of the Cor- 
poration shall be requisite for the choice of a President and 
Secretary, and also for their removal from office. 

The Treasurer shall be elected by ballot at the annual 
meeting of the Corporation. 

There shall also be elected by ballot at the annual meet- 
ing the following Standing Committees, viz. : — 

A Committee on the School of Industrial Science ; 

A Committee on the Museum ; 

A Committee on the Society of Arts ; 

A Committee on Finance ; each of which shall organize by 
the choice of its own Chairman, and shall fix the number 
of its own quorum. 

14. The President shall preside at all meetings of the 
Corporation ; he shall be, ex officio, a member of the several 
Standing Committees and Chairman of the Faculty of the 
School of Industrial Science ; he shall, under the direction of 
the Corporation, have the general superintendence of the 
several departments of the Institute, and shall act as the gen- 
eral executive and administrative officer of the Corporation. 



15. In case of a vacancy in the office of President, or 
of his absence or inabihty to act, a President pro tempore 
may be chosen by the Corporation, if deemed expedient. 
Such President pro tempore shall be chosen by ballot, and 
shall be charged with the performance of the duties of 
President, or of such of them as the Corporation may pre- 
scribe. If not a member of the Corporation, he shall attend 
its meetings during his continuance in office. 

16. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to give no- 
tice of and attend all meetings of the Corporation and the 
Standing Committees, to keep a record of the business and 
orders of each meeting, and read the same at the next 
meeting ; to conduct the correspondence of the Corpora- 
tion unless otherwise ordered ; to keep a list of the mem- 
bers of the Corporation and of the Society of Arts ; to 
make out and collect all bills under the direction of the 
Treasurer ; to notify officers and members of their election, 
and of their appointment on Committees ; to prepare, under 
the direction of the President, an Annual Report of the 
transactions and condition of the Institute ; and generally 
to devote his best efforts to forwarding the business and 
advancing the interests of the Institute. 

17. The Treasurer shall keep an account of all moneys 
received and expended for the use of the Institute ; and 
shall make disbursements only upon vouchers countersigned 
by the President of the Corporation. He shall give in writing 
to the Corporation, at the annual meeting, and oftener if re- 
quired, a full account of the financial condition of the In- 
stitute. 

18. The Committee on the "School of Industrial Science" 
shall consist of ten members. It shal! be their duty to 
select and nominate to the Corporation for its Approval all 



Professors and teachers and other persons employed in that 
department ; to recommend to the Corporation their rate of 
compensation ; to control and supervise the courses of study 
and instruction which shall be recommended by the Faculty, 
and the method of discipline to be observed in the conduct 
of the school, and to take the general charge and direction 
of the organization and affairs of the school, subject to the 
approval of the Corporation. 

19. The Committee on the Museum shall consist of ten 
members. It shall be their duty to select and nominate 
to the Corporation all persons to be employed in that 
department; to have the special care and supervision of the 
models, apparatus and other property therein; to recom- 
mend to the Corporation all additions thereto, which they may 
think proper ; to grant permission for the use of any appara- 
tus, models or other articles in the school; and to have the 
general charge of the department, subject to the approval of 
the Corporation. 

20. The Committee on the Society of Arts shall consist 
of ten members, who shall have the general charge and 
supervision of the organization and proceedings of the So- 
ciety, subject to the approval of the Corporation. It shall 
be their duty, in connection with a duly chosen Commit- 
tee of the same number of members of the Society, to form 
from time to time By-Laws for the government of the So- 
ciety, which shall take effect when approved by the Cor- 
poration and adopted by the Society. 

21. The Committee on Finance shall consist of six mem- 
bers. It shall be their duty to supervise all the finan- 
cial affairs of the Corporation; to direct the Treasurer in 
the discharge of hh duties ; to approve all bills against the 
Corporation ; to see that no money is expended unless 



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duly appropriated, and to keep the Corporation advised of 
all matters connected with the finances, which it may be 
proper for them to know and act upon. 

22. At the annual meeting there shall be appointed an 
Auditing Committee of three members, to examine the 
books and vouchers of the Treasurer for the ensuing year, 
and make report at the next annual meeting. 

23. The By-Laws may be amended or repealed, and 
other provisions added, by a vote of a majority of all the 
members of the Corporation ; provided that notice of such 
amendment or repeal shall have been presented in writing 
at a preceding stated meeting of the Corporation. 

24. All By-Laws and regulations inconsistent with the 
foregoing are hereby repealed. 

25. These By-Laws shall take effect immediately. 



These By-Laws were unanimously adopted at a meeting of the 
Corporation, held July 23d, 1870. 

SAMUEL KNEELAND, 

Secretary. 



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